Vehicle with wearable for identifying role of one or more users and adjustment of user settings

ABSTRACT

A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device.

PRIORITY STATEMENT

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationNo. 62/260,437 filed on Nov. 27, 2015, and entitled Vehicle withwearable for identifying role of one or more users and adjustment ofuser settings, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to vehicles. More particularly, but notexclusively, the present invention relates to a vehicle which integrateswith or communicates with wearable devices and provides for identifyingthe role of users associated with the wearable devices.

BACKGROUND

Vehicles may come with various types of electronics packages. Thesepackages may be standard or optional and include electronics associatedwith communications or entertainment. However, there are variousproblems and deficiencies with such offerings. What is needed arevehicles with improved electronics options which create, improve, orenhance safety and overall experience of vehicles. In particular, whatis needed are vehicles which integrate with wearable devices.

SUMMARY

Therefore, it is a primary object, feature, or advantage of the presentinvention to improve over the state of the art.

It is another object, feature, or advantage of the present invention tocommunicate between vehicle systems and wearable devices.

It is a further object, feature, or advantage of the present inventionto use wearable devices to increase safety in vehicles.

It is a still further object, feature, or advantage of the presentinvention to allow a user to control one or more functions of a vehicleusing one or more wearable devices such as ear pieces, watches, orglasses.

It is a still further object, feature, or advantage of the presentinvention to allow a vehicle to identify a driver based on the presenceof a particular wearable device.

It is a still further object, feature, or advantage of the presentinvention to allow a vehicle to identify one or more passengers of avehicle based on the presence of particular wearable devices.

Another object, feature, or advantage of the present invention is toallow a vehicle to identify not just a user but also the role of theuser such as whether the user is a driver or passenger.

Yet another object, feature, or advantage of the present invention is toallow for adjustment of user settings once a user has been identified.

A further object, feature, or advantage of the present invention is toallow for a passenger to adjust different settings than a driver oncethe user(s) and their roles have been identified.

Yet another object, feature, or advantage of the present invention is toallow a vehicle to obtain biometric information about a driver orpassenger using one or more wearable devices.

It is another object, feature, or advantage of the present invention toenhance an existing vehicle through addition of a wearable device.

One or more of these and/or other objects, features, or advantages ofthe present invention will become apparent from the specification andclaims that follow. No single embodiment need provide each and everyobject, feature, or advantage. Different embodiments may have differentobjects, features, or advantages. Therefore, the present invention isnot to be limited to or by any objects, features, or advantages statedherein.

According to one aspect, a system includes a vehicle, the vehiclecomprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operativelyconnected to the control system. The control system is configured towirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using thewireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receiveinput from one or more sensors of the wearable device.

According to one aspect a system is provided. The system includes avehicle, the vehicle includes a vehicle network and a wearable device inoperative communication with the vehicle network, the wearable deviceincluding one or more sensors for receiving sensor data. The system isconfigured to determine a role of a user of the wearable device withinthe vehicle. The role of the user may be determined either by thewearable device or the vehicle. The role may be that of a driver or apassenger or based on seat location within the vehicle. Access rightsmay be assigned to the user based on their role. The system may also beconfigured to determine an identity of the user. The access rights maybe assigned to take into account both the role of the user and theidentity of the users and may also take into account other individualswithin the vehicle when making this determination. The vehicle may beconfigured to automatically adjust. One or more user settings based onthe identity of the user and the role of the user. Example of such usersettings may include seat adjustment settings, entertainment systemsettings, rear view mirror settings, temperature control settings,navigation system settings including saved locations. The wearabledevice may be one or more earpieces, a watch, glasses, or other types ofwearable devices. The wearable device may include an inertial sensor andthe vehicle may correlate sensor data from the inertial sensor to aninteraction with the vehicle to determine the role of the user. Examplesof interactions may include opening a door or touching a steering, wheelor other part of a vehicle. The wearable device may include a firstwireless ear piece and a second wireless ear pieces each with a wirelesstransceiver and the system may be configured to determine the role ofthe user by locating the user within the vehicle by using a signal fromthe first transceiver and a signal from the second transceiver.

According to another aspect, a method for identifying a role of one ormore users within a vehicle is provided. The method may includeidentifying one or more users within the vehicle based on data fromwearable devices and identifying roles of one or more of the userswithin the vehicle using the wearable. The method may further includeadjusting one or more vehicle settings based on identity and role of theone or more users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates one example of a vehicle which integrates withwearable technology.

FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a set of wearable devices in the formof ear pieces.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one example of a wearable device in theform of an earpiece.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of wearable devices communicating with a vehiclenetwork.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating one example of a method fordetermining user identity and/or user role.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a wearable device communicating with a vehiclenetwork.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Some of the most important factors in selecting a vehicle such as carmay be the technology available to enhance the experience. This may beof particular importance in certain vehicle segments such as for luxuryvehicles. Another important factor in selecting a vehicle may be theavailable safety features. According to various aspects, the presentinvention allows for wearable devices including ear pieces to enhancethe experience of vehicles and according to some aspects, the presentinvention allows for wearable devices such as earpieces to enhance theoverall safety of the vehicle. Therefore, it is expected that thetechnology described herein will make any vehicle so equipped moredesirable to customers, more satisfying to customers, and potentiallymore profitable for the vehicle manufacturer. Similarly at least some ofthe various aspects may be added to existing vehicles as after-marketaccessories to improve the safety or experience of existing vehicles.

FIG. 1 illustrates one example of use of a wearable device inconjunction with a vehicle. A shown in FIG. 1 there is a vehicle 2.Although the vehicle shown is a full-size sedan, it is contemplated thatthe vehicle may be of any number of types of cars, trucks, sport utilityvehicles, vans, mini-vans, automotive vehicles, commercial vehicles,agricultural vehicles, construction vehicles, specialty vehicles,recreational vehicles, bases, motorcycles, aircraft, boats, ships,yachts, spacecraft, or other types of vehicles. The vehicle may begas-powered, diesel powered, electric, solar-powered, or human-powered.The vehicle may be actively operated by a driver or may be partially orcompletely autonomous or self-driving. The vehicle 2 may have a vehiclecontrol system 40. The vehicle control system is a system which mayinclude any number of mechanical and electromechanical subsystems. Asshown in FIG. 1, such systems may include a navigation system 42, anentertainment system 44, a vehicle security system 45, an audio system46, a safety system 47, a communications system 48 preferably with awireless transceiver, a driver assistance system 49, a passenger comfortsystem 50, and an engine/transmission, chassis electronics system(s) 51.Of course, other examples of vehicle control sub-systems arecontemplated. In addition, it is to be understood that there may beoverlap between some of these different vehicle systems and the presenceor absence of these vehicle systems as well as other vehicle systems maydepend upon the type of vehicle, the type of fuel or propulsion system,the size of the vehicle, and other factors and variables, in theautomotive context, examples of the driver assistance system 49 mayinclude one or more subsystems such as a lane assist system, a speedassist system, a blind spot detection system, a park assist system, andan adaptive cruise control system. In the automotive context, examplesof the passenger comfort system 50 may include one or more subsystemssuch as automatic climate control, electronic seat adjustment, automaticwipers, automatic headlamps, and automatic cooling. In the automotivecontext, examples of the safety system 47 may include active safetysystems such as air bags, hill descent control, and an emergency brakeassist system. Aspects of the navigation system 42, the entertainmentsystem 44, the audio system 46, and the communications system 48 may becombined into an infotainment system.

One or more wearable devices such as a set of earpieces 10 including aleft earpiece 12A and a right earpiece 12B may in operativecommunication with the vehicle control system 40 such as through thecommunication system 48. For example, the communication system 48 mayprovide a Bluetooth or BLE link to wearable devices or may otherwiseprovide for communications with the wearable devices preferably throughwireless communications. The vehicle 2 may communicate with the wearabledevice(s) directly, or alternatively, or in addition, the vehicle 2 maycommunicate with the wearable device(s) through an intermediary devicesuch as a mobile device 4 which may be a mobile phone, a tablet, orother type of mobile device.

As will be explained in further details with respect to variousexamples, the wearable device(s) 10 interact with the vehicle controlsystem 40 in any number of different ways. For example, the wearabledevice(s) 10 may provide sensor data, identity information, storedinformation, streamed information, or other types of information to thevehicle. Based on this information, the vehicle may take any number ofactions which may include one or more actions taken by the vehiclecontrol system (or subsystems thereof). In addition, the vehicle 2 maycommunicate sensor data, identity information, stored information,streamed information or other types of information to the wearabledevice(s) 10.

FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a wearable device in the form of a setof ear pieces 10 in greater detail. FIG. 1 illustrates a set of earpiecewearables 10 which includes a left earpiece 12A and a right earpiece12B. Each of the earpieces wearables 12A, 12B has an earpiece wearablehousing 14A, 14B which may be in the form of a protective shell orcasing and may be an in-the-ear earpiece housing. A left infraredthrough ultraviolet spectrometer 16A and right infrared throughultraviolet spectrometer 16B is also shown. Each earpiece 12A, 12B mayinclude one or more microphones 70A, 70B. Note that the air microphones70A, 70B are outward facing such that the air microphones 70A, 70B maycapture ambient environmental sound. It is to be understood that anynumber of microphones may be present including air conductionmicrophones, bone conduction microphones, or other audio sensors.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a device. The device may includeone or more LEDs 20 electrically connected to an intelligent controlsystem 30. The intelligent control system 30 may include one or moreprocessors, microcontrollers, application specific integrated circuits,or other types of integrated circuits. The intelligent control system 30may also be electrically connected to one or more sensors 32. Where thedevice is an earpiece, the sensor(s) may include an inertial sensor 74,another inertial sensor 76. Each inertial sensor 74, 76 may include anaccelerometer, a gyro sensor or pyrometer, a magnetometer or other typeof inertial sensor. The sensor(s) 32 may also include one or morecontact sensors 72, one or more bone conduction microphones 71, one ormore air conduction microphones 70, one or more chemical sensors 79, apulse oximeter 76, a temperature sensor 80, or other physiological orbiological sensor(s). Further examples of physiological or biologicalsensors include an alcohol sensor 83, glucose sensor 85, or bilirubinsensor 87. Other examples of physiological or biological sensors mayalso be included in the device. These may include a blood pressuresensor 82, an electroencephalogram (EEG) 84, an Adenosine Triphosphate(ATP) sensor, a lactic acid sensor 88, a hemoglobin sensor 90, ahematocrit sensor 92 or other biological or chemical sensor.

A spectrometer 16 is also shown. The spectrometer 16 may be an infrared(IR) through ultraviolet (UV) spectrometer although it is contemplatedthat any number of wavelengths in the infrared, visible, or ultravioletspectrums may be detected. The spectrometer 16 is preferably adapted tomeasure environmental wavelengths for analysis and recommendations andthus preferably is located on or at the external facing side of thedevice.

A gesture control interface 36 is also operatively connected to orintegrated into the intelligent control system 30. The gesture controlinterface 36 may include one or more emitters 82 and one or moredetectors 84 for sensing user gestures. The emitters may be of anynumber of types including infrared LEDs. The device may include atransceiver 35 which may allow for induction transmissions such asthrough near field magnetic induction. A short range transceiver 34using Bluetooth, BLE, UWB, or other means of radio communication mayalso be present. The short range transceiver 34 may be used tocommunicate with the vehicle control system. In operation, theintelligent control system 30 may be configured to convey differentinformation using one or more of the LED(s) 20 based on context or modeof operation of the device. The various sensors 32, the intelligentcontrol system 30, and other electronic components may be located on theprinted circuit board of the device. One or more speakers 73 may also beoperatively connected to the intelligent control system 30.

An electromagnetic (E/M) field transceiver 37 is also operativelyconnected to the intelligent control system 30 to link the intelligentcontrol system 30 to the electromagnetic field of the user. The use ofthe E/M transceiver 37 allows the device to link electromagneticallyinto a personal area network or body area network or other device.

According to another aspect, earpiece wearables may be used to identifyone or more users. Each earpiece wearable may include its ownidentifier. In addition, each earpiece may be used to determine orconfirm identity of an individual wearing it. This may be accomplishedin various ways including through voice imprint. In particular, anindividual may speak and their voice analyzed by the earpiece andcompared to known samples or metrics in order to identify theindividual.

Other types of user identification and authentication may also be used.For example, an individual may be asked to specify other information tothe earpiece in order to confirm identity. This may include answeringspecific questions. For example, the ear piece may ask multiplequestions with yes or no or multiple choice answers which the correctindividual will know but others are not likely to know. These questionsmay be stored within a database and are questions which the individualspecifically provided answers. These questions may also be based onactivities of the user which are stored on the earpiece or areretrievable from a system in operative communication with the ear piece.These may include information about physical activities, locations, orother activities.

Alternatively, instead of the earpiece performing the analysisassociated with user identification and authentication, necessaryinformation such as voice samples or voice or gestural responses may becollected by the ear piece and communicated to the vehicle, mobiledevice, or other device for performing the analysis.

Once a user has been identified the user may be authorized to performvarious functions in various ways. For example, the vehicle may beunlocked such as by a person saying “unlock” or the vehicle may beremote started and environmental controls set by a person saying “startmy car and set temperature to 72 degrees.” These actions may be taken bythe vehicle control system or its subsystems such as an access andsecurity subsystem or a climate control subsystem. In addition, actionsmay be taken based on proximity of the individual to the user or basedon other contextual information.

Various types of vehicle controls may be a pan of the vehicle access andsecurity subsystems. These may include actuators such as actuatorsassociated with door locks or locks associated with other compartments.Other types of vehicle controls may include an ignition lock switchwhich may be unlocked or locked. Other types of vehicle controls mayinclude actuators associated with windows. In addition to thesefunctions, any number of different vehicle functions may be performed.The vehicle functions performed by a properly identified individual maybe the same types of vehicle functions that an individual may perform asa driver of the vehicle. Other types of vehicle controls may include anynumber of settings such as audio system settings, temperature controlsettings, entertainment system settings, navigation settings, or othertypes of settings.

FIG. 4 illustrates another example. In FIG. 4, a vehicle network 100 isshown. According to one aspect, the wearable devices 12A, 12B maycommunicate information through a vehicle network 100 associated with avehicle 2. Thus, once an identity of a user has been established,commands may be communicated over the vehicle network 100 or vehicle busto perform one or more vehicle functions. Protocols which are used mayinclude a Controller Area Network (CAN), Local Interconnect Network(LIN), or others including proprietary network protocols or networkprotocol overlays.

Various types of electronic control modules 102, 104, 106, 108 orelectronic control units may communicate over the network 100 of thevehicle. These may include electronic modules such as an engine controlunit (ECU), a transmission control unit (TCU), an anti-lock brakingsystem (ABS), a body control module (BCM), a door control unit (DCU), anelectric power steering control unit (PSCU), a human-machine interface(HMI), powertrain control module (PCM), speed control unit (SCU),telematic control unit (TCU), brake control unit (BCM), batterymanagement system, and numerous others. Any number of electronic controlmodules may be operatively connected to the vehicle network 100.

In one embodiment a wireless transceiver module 110 is operativelyconnected to a vehicle network 100 and it is the wireless transceivermodule 110 which is in operative communication with one or more wearabledevices such as wearable ear piece 12A, 12B. Once a wearable device 12A,12B or the vehicle 2 has identified a user, then that user is permittedto give instructions which are translated into commands which arecommunicated over the vehicle network 100 to an appropriate system orcomponent of the vehicle or to communicate data such as data from one ormore sensors of the wearable device 12A, 12B. Data from the wearabledevice may be used by any number of different electronic control modulesor electronic control units 102, 104, 106, 108 connected to the vehiclenetwork 100 to perform any number of different vehicle functions.

FIG. 5 illustrates one example of a methodology. As shown in FIG. 5 atstep 120 sensor data is obtained at one or more wearable devices. Aspreviously explained the sensor data can be of any number of types. Forexample, the sensor data may be voice data or other biometric data. Instep 122 a determination is made of the user identity based on thesensor data. Where the sensor data is voice data this determination maybe as the result of a voice print or voice sample analysis. Any numberof different products or components may be used to perform thisanalysis. Examples of commercial products for performing suchfunctionality include Nuance VocalPassword, VoiceIT, and numerousothers. It should be further understood that other types of biometricdata may be used. For example data from the inertial sensors, dataindicative of heart rate variability such as may be collected with apulse oximeter, data indicative of gait such as may be collected with aninertial sensor, or other type of data may be used. Where the wearabledevice is a pair of glasses than retina identification andauthentication may be used. Where the wearable device is a pair ofgloves than finger print analysis may be used. The determination of theuser identify based on sensor data may be performed in one of severaldifferent locations based on the type of analysis and availablecomputational resources. For example, the determination may be performedon or at the wearable device itself. Alternatively, the determinationmay be performed on or at the vehicle. Alternatively still, thedetermination may be performed by a mobile device such as a smart phonewhich is in operative communication with either the wearable device(s)or the vehicle, or both.

Once the individual has been identified, in step 123, the role of theuser may be determined based on sensor data or other data associatedwith one or more wearable devices. This determination may be performedin various ways. For example, data from one or more inertial sensors maybe correlated with vehicle data. Thus, if sensor data shows a downwardmovement and vehicle shows opening of a door, then this data may becorrelated and a determination may be made that the user wearing thewearable device is the user that opened the door and entered thevehicle. If the door is the driver's door, the system may make thedetermination that user is the driver. Similarly, if sensor data showsmovement of the hands or wrists of a user consistent with the placingtheir hands on the steering wheel then it may be inferred that user isthe driver. Similarly if the sensor data includes image information suchas from a camera associated with the wearable device, that informationmay be processed to determine the role of the user. In addition, thewearable device may be used to determine a location such as a seatlocation of a user within the vehicle. The role may be determined basedon the seat location.

Once the individual has been identified or recognized, in step 124 adetermination is made as to whether the user has access rights. In oneimplementation, if the user is identified then the user has appropriateaccess rights. In alternative implementations, identifying the user doesnot necessarily give the individual all rights. Where the user hasappropriate access rights or none are required, in step 126 data orcommands may be communicated over the vehicle network to perform variousvehicle functions. Data from the wearable device(s) may be used by anyelectronic control modules associated with the vehicle network toprovide input to be used in any number of different decision-makingprocesses. Similarly, commands may be given from the user to the vehicleusing the wearable device such as when the wearable device is anearpiece and the commands may be given through voice input from theuser.

It is further contemplated that particular commands may be automaticallycommunicated based on the identity of the user. In other words, once theuser has been identified the vehicle may perform one or more vehiclefunctions automatically based on the identity of the user. Thesefunctions may be any number of different functions previously discussedincluding functions that grant access or deny access to the user.

According to another aspect, one or more wearable devices may be used toidentify an individual and the role of the individual as a driver orpassenger of a vehicle. Once the driver has been identified a number ofdifferent actions may be taken by vehicle control systems. This mayinclude automatically adjusting various settings within the vehiclebased on user preferences. Thus, for example, seats may be adjusted tothe position preferred by the user including through adjusting the seatforward or back, upward or downward, or adjusting the angle of the seat.Similarly, the position of the rearview mirrors or other mirrors may beadjusted based on preferences associated with the particular driver. Inaddition, steering wheel position may be adjusted based on preferencesassociated with the particular driver. These various adjustments may bepreformed in various ways including through the use of servo motors orother types of motors, switches, or other actuators.

Similarly, various other types of settings may be stored which areassociated with a particular individual whether driver or passenger.These may include navigation settings. Thus, navigation settingsassociated with a particular individual may be used. Thus, for examplewhere an individual has previously identified a particular location(such as “Peter's house”) within the navigation system, those particularlocations may be associated with the individual and automaticallyavailable. Note, that locations associated with one or more passengersmay also be added to the system as well.

Other types of settings such as radio station or satellite radio presetsor favorites may also be loaded. Other settings associated with anentertainment system or infotainment system may also be made. Again,these settings may be associated with the driver and/or one or morepassengers.

Various other types of settings may be also be associated with a user.The settings may include door lock settings, climate settings, lightsettings, and any number of other personalized settings. The settingsmay further include other navigation settings and preferences, camerasettings and preferences, vehicle settings and preferences, systemsettings and preferences, phone settings and preferences, info settingsand preferences, audio settings, and preferences, and any number ofother electronic or electro-mechanical settings, preferences, oradjustments which may be made by the vehicle.

Where there is more than one individual within the vehicle, with awearable device, it is contemplated that a determination may made as towhich individual is the driver and which individual or individuals arepassengers. It is contemplated that this determination may be made inany number of ways. For example, where the wearable device is in theform of two earpieces, it is contemplated that the position of aparticular user may be found within the vehicle by using directionalrange finding or similar techniques to determine position. Where thewearable device includes one or more inertial sensors, it iscontemplated that the identity of one or more users may be determinedbased on movement of the user. For example, where the wearable device isa watch, movement of the wrist consistent with placing the hand on asteering wheel may be indicative of which user is the driver. Where thewearable device is a set of earpieces, the timing of the movement of thehead relative to the opening and closing of the driver's door may beindicative of which user is the driver. Similarly, the timing of themovement of the head relative to the opening and closing of apassenger's door may be indicative of which user is the passenger. Inaddition, a single individual may be associated with the vehicle as aprimary driver with one or more other individuals associated assecondary drivers. Alternatively, the vehicle or wearable device mayprompt one or more individuals to ask “Who is driving” or “Are youdriving” or “Who is driving, Peter or Jim Senior?”

FIG. 6 illustrates another example of a system. As shown in FIG. 6, awearable device 12 includes a wireless transceiver. The wearable devicemay be an ear piece, a set of ear pieces, a watch, glasses, integratedinto an article of clothing, or other type of wearable device. Thewearable device 12 communicates user data to a wireless transceiverassociated with an electronic module 110 of a vehicle. The user data mayinclude biometric data, user setting data, stored data, inertial sensordata, physiological sensor data, music preference data, or other typesof data. Such data may be translated into user settings of the vehicleand communicated to the appropriate modules over the vehicle network100. The other modules may then provide for automatically adjusting oneor more vehicle features or controlled based on the user settings.

Various methods, system, and apparatus have been shown and describedrelating to vehicles with wearable integration or communication. Thepresent invention is not to be limited to these specific examples butcontemplates any number of related methods, system, and apparatus andthese examples may vary based on the specific type of vehicle, thespecific type of wearable device, and other considerations.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system comprising: a vehicle, the vehiclecomprising a vehicle network; a set of earpieces in operativecommunication with the vehicle network, the set of earpieces includingone or more sensors for receiving sensor data; wherein the one or moresensors comprises an inertial sensor for sensing inertial sensor dataand a biometric sensor for sensing biometric data wherein the system isconfigured to determine a role of a user of the set of earpieces withinthe vehicle using the inertial sensor data; wherein the system isconfigured to determine an identity of the user using the biometricdata; wherein the vehicle is configured to assign a plurality of accessrights to the user of the set of earpieces based on both the role of theuser and the identity of the user; wherein the role is selected from aset comprising driver and passenger.
 2. The system of claim 1 whereinthe system is configured to determine a seat location of the user of theset of earpieces within the vehicle and wherein the role of the user isbased on seat location.
 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle isconfigured to automatically adjust one or more user settings based onidentity of the user and the role of the user.
 4. The system of claim 3wherein the user settings include seat adjustment settings.
 5. Thesystem of claim 3 wherein the user settings include entertainment systemsettings.
 6. The system of claim 3 wherein the user settings includerear view mirror settings.
 7. The system of claim 3 wherein the usersettings include temperature control settings.
 8. The system of claim 3wherein the user settings include navigation system settings.
 9. Thesystem of claim 8 wherein the navigation system settings include savedlocations.
 10. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle correlatesinertial sensor data from the inertial sensor to an interaction with thevehicle to determine the role of the user.
 11. The system of claim 10wherein the interaction with the vehicle comprises opening a door of thevehicle.
 12. The system of claim 11 wherein the interaction with thevehicle comprises grasping a steering wheel of the vehicle.
 13. Thesystem of claim 1 wherein the set of earpieces comprises a firstwireless earpiece with a first transceiver and a second wirelessearpiece with a second transceiver and wherein the system is furtherconfigured to determine the role of the user by locating the user withinthe vehicle by using a signal from the first transceiver and a signalfrom the second transceiver.
 14. A method for identifying a role of oneor more users within a vehicle, the method comprising: identifying oneor more users within the vehicle based on data from a set of wirelessearpieces; and identifying roles of one or more of the users within thevehicle using the wireless earpieces.
 15. The method of claim 14 furthercomprising adjusting one or more vehicle setting based on identity androle of the one or more users.
 16. The method of claim 15 wherein eachof the set of wireless earpieces comprises an earpiece housing, a firstmicrophone, a second microphone, a heart rate sensor, a transceiver, aspeaker, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiecehousing and operatively connected to the first microphone, the secondmicrophone, the speaker, the transceiver, and the heart rate sensor. 17.The method of claim 16 wherein the data from the set of wirelessearpieces comprises biometric data from the set of wireless earpieces.18. The method of claim 17 wherein the step of identifying roles of oneor more of the users within the vehicle is based on location of the oneor more of the users within the vehicle.